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Deepening The Gum Groove To Help Dentures Fit

Kentucky rates for HCPCS 40844

Surgery that deepens the groove between the lip or cheek and the jaw ridge, giving a denture more ridge to grip. It is done when years without teeth have left the ridge too flat and shallow for a denture to stay in place.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Deepening The Gum Groove To Help Dentures Fit cost?

$1,288

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,230 from a physician practice, and about $2,512 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,230$1,096 to $1,479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,512$1,445 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $10,000Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $955 to $1,905
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $1,230

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,819.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$11,748.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,584.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$251.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$218.78
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,897.79
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$7,762.47
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,454.71
12 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in Alaska than in Texas. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Kentucky· 48th of 51

$1,288

AK $6,026TX $1,148

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.